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Re: 256x256 px icons
On 5 August 2011 18:35, Warren Young wrote:
> On 8/3/2011 11:49 PM, Andy Koppe wrote:
>>
>> Warren's has the advantage of a 256 version and that it's more
>> tweakable assuming he provides the vector version it's presumably
>> based on.
>
> Sorry, there is currently no vector version. ÂEffects like bevels and
> shadows are raster effects. ÂHowever, based on this:
>
> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/SVG_filter_effects
>
> it does look like SVG's been extended with the raster effects needed to
> recreate my beveled icon. ÂI am installing Inkscape now and will try to do
> that later, perhaps today, perhaps not.
Don't worry too much about that. The below sounds like the Photoshop
version should be entirely sufficient.
> In the meanwhile, here's my new beveled Cygwin logo:
>
> Â Â Â Âhttp://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/beveled-noshadow.psd
>
> Changes from the original:
>
> Â Â Â Â- removed the big drop shadow (outer glow still present)
> Â Â Â Â- softened lighting on the wedge
> Â Â Â Â- dropped outer C stroke from white to a light gray
> Â Â Â Â- rebuilt as 1024 px square, not counting the outer glow,
> Â Â Â Â Âfor finer editing control
>
> This should open in any version of Photoshop going back to the 90s. Â(v6 and
> up, I'm guessing.) ÂWhile I realize not everyone will have even that, I'm
> providing it because it's based on easy-to-edit procedural effects, rather
> than flattened raster effects.
>
> However, I have made a fully rasterized, layered version compatible with
> Gimp for those without even Photoshop 6.0:
>
> Â Â Â Âhttp://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/beveled-noshadow-rasterized.xcf
>
> I also made a 256 px .ico, for those who just want to see it in action:
>
> Â Â Â Âhttp://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/beveled-noshadow.ico
I like this a lot. Thanks very much for responding so positively to my whinging.
Andy